Inkstand.



No. 758,257. PATETED APR. 26, 1904.

o. KELLER. INKSTAND.

APPLICATION FILED FERIE, 1898. Y N0 MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET E.

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UNITED STATES latented April 26, 1904.

CALVIN KELLER, 0F CREIGHTON, NEBRASKA.

lNKSTAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 758,257, dated April26, 1904.

Application iled February 15, 1998. Serial No. 670,412. ,(No model.)

To tif/ZZ whom/ it may concern:

Be it known that I, CALVIN KELLER, residing at Creighton, in the countyof Knox and State of Nebraska, have invented certain useful Improvementsin Inkstands; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which forni apart of this specification.

This invention relates to a novel improvement in inkstands.

The object of my invention is to provide a neat, simple, and usefulinkstand which shall embody a self-closing cap, as will be describedmore fully hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown in Figure l a front elevationof an inkstand embodyingmyinvention, while Fig. Qshowsatop View insection on lines m of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a side elevation with the outerwall broken away. y

My invention comprises,essentially, a threesided housing comprising theback A, the two ends l l, and the bottom 2. Approximately Vcentrally thehousing is provided with a transverse partition 3, which extends upwarda suitable distance and is provided with the front ft upon one side. Thepartition 3 and front 4 form a closure, together with one ofv the sidesi, the bottom 2, and a portion of the back A, as is shown in Fig. 2.This closure is again provided with a transverse partition 6, extendingupward a suitable distance and being provided with the top 7, so that asecond closure formed of a part of .the back A, a part of the side l, aportion of the bottom 2, the side 6, and the top Tis provided adapted tohold an ordinary drawer 8, as is shown.. This drawer is intended tocontain stamps or any other suitable desk-supplies, as is also the mainclosure formed by the front 4 and side 3, which is provided with aremovable top 5.

The ink'stand or well used in connection with my device may be of anysuitable size or material, as long as it is provided with a smooth top.

At a suitable point and extending horizontally above the ink-well B is ashaft D, of

wire or any other suitable material, which shaft is provided with thecranks 10 and 12, the crank 10 passing through a weighted head c, whichis adapted to be snugly held upon the top of the well, so as to closethe same, the upper portion of this weighted top being provided with apincushion or pen-wiper C', as is disclosed. These cranks 10 and 412extend in one plane. Depending from the crank 12 is a bar a, which is atits lower end secured to the eye 13 of the stem l5, forming part of theoperating-bar K, which operatingbar works within an opening of one ofthe walls l, passing through the transverse wall 3 and then backward alittle beyond the shaft D, to be engaged by the bar a, as is shown inEig., 3. The 4lever portion K is placed in front and is inclined upwarda suitable distance, so that it can be easily depressed.

. The operation of the device would be as follows: The operator indipping his pen would place his fingers upon the lower lever'K, whichmovement would carry upward the stem l5, and this stem l5 would carry upthe connected bar c, which in turn would vcarry upward the 'crank l2 toactuate the shaft D, so that the weighted cap would be carried upward,disclosing the opening of the ink-well. The pen would then be dipped inthe well, and as soon as the fingers were withdrawn from the lever K theweighted cap c would automatically close the ink-well.

The device is exceedingly simple of construction.

Having thus described mysaid invention, whatI claim as new, and desireto secure by United States Letters Patent, is-

An ink-well comprising a housing formed by the combination with a base,of a back, and two sides, of atransvcrse partition secured to Asaid backand base, an open-topped inkwell positioned upon one side Within saidhousing, a shaft extending lengthwise across said housing above the topof said ink-well, said shaft being provided with one crank irnmediatelyabove the top of the ink-well and a second crank extending in a likeplane adjacent said tirst crank, an ink-well top secured to saidlirst-mentioned crank, a bar depending from said last-mentioned crank,and a lever,4 as K, pivotally held within the for- IOO ward end of saidhousing and provided with In testimony whereofa'ix my signature in anextending stem secured to aforesaid bar presence of two witnesses.`arranged so that when said lever K 1s dipped downward the rearward endof said levernK A I CALVIN KELLER' is raised upward to carry upward saidfrst- Witnesses:

mentioned crank to raise the top of the ink- O. M. GLASS,

well, as and for the purpose set forth. l W. A. MESERVE;

